BBC News.
At least 18 people including women and children have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on a NATO convoy in the Afghan capital Kabul. One Canadian and five American troops were among the dead. The Taliban said it
carried out
the bombing, the worst in the city for months. NATO described the attack as an act of
desperate
brutality.
The energy giant BP says it is now able to capture about 40% of the oil that's leaking from a
rupture
d underwater pipe in the Gulf of Mexico. The figure is double the amount reported 24 hours ago. However, the authorities have expanded the no-fishing zone in the area because of the size of the spill. And scientists are increasingly worried that the oil could
get caught in
a current that could take it to Florida, damaging coral reefs and killing more wildlife there.
Members of parliament in Britain have taken their seats for the first time since the election which led to the formation of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government. During the sitting, they voted to reelect the speaker John Bercow. The reelection of a speaker is usually a
formality
. But some Conservatives have threatened to block the appointment, accusing Mr Bercow himself a Conservative of lacking
impartiality
.
Football's governing body FIFA has announced a change to the rules which will affect the way that penalties are taken in next month's World Cup. More details from our sports news reporter Alex Capstick.